I recently try both Echo Power Blend and Mobil Racing 2T. I ran both in my new Shindaiwa C4 blower. I have been talking about this on other post here already. I mix about 32:1 on all. 1) When I first bought the blower, the dealer put a tank of gas mix and I finish it. I check the plug only. It was covered with black corbon. I did not clean the plug, just put it back. 2) I use Echo Power Blend at 32:1 and ran 3 to 4 tankful ( 1.5 hrs. ) I pull plug, the plug became mid brownish color. Much better looking. The black carbon was gone. Nice and Dry. I took the muffler off, inside muffler looked ok. There was corbon cover the heat shield, I wiped it up and put them all back. 3) I ran one tankful of Mobil 2T at about 35:1. I pull the plug and notice the plug get very dark, almost black and a little oily. I pull the muffler and looked like more carbon. The heat shield cover with carbon. Not thick but noticable. I open the valve cover ( it is a 4 cycle engine) and see a lot of oil, dripping amount. 4) I use Q-tips, clean the inside of the muffler as much as possible. It was black. I clean the inside the exhause port best I can. Clean the heat shield and put everything back. This time I go back to Echo Power Blend and 44:1. I'll update you when the next time I open up. From the little time I have with the two oil. I feel Echo is much better than Mobil 2T at 32:1 ratio. Maybe Shindaiwa C4 is very different than the two you were using. Maybe 32:1 give very different result. But the plug look so nice after using the echo the first time. I cannot see the piston through the exhaust port because it is a 4 cycle. I didn't have a procedure down, that's why you see I could have done better. But this time, The muffler, exhaust port and the heat shield were all clean using either gas or alcohol. When I pull them out and inspect them again, it will be more conclusive. Stay tune!!!

webwalkway.com has it for $12.00. It's a small division, but very healthy, and mine just took off and started growing like mad as soon as I planted it. She could probably mail it immediately, and is located in eastern Iowa, so it would get to you by the fourth. Hallson's also has it, but only for local pickup. Maybe someone on the forum lives close enough to them to buy it and mail it for you? You might also consider Revolution, Patriot, Minuteman, Independence, or maybe even Potomac Pride or Salute, all of which might be available locally, and would probably be more reasonably priced than $25.00.

"I just returned from grocery shopping and I've decided that they should install GPS on the carts. That way when you can't find what you're looking for you could just type it in and the little screen would display the directions." One of the grocery stores near us actually has those. I like the adventure of finding things, though... takes me down aisles and past things that I suddenly realize that I just have to buy! :-) "I thought about all the carts that are taken and dumped elsewhere after people wheel their groceries home in them. They should have a GPS so the stores could easily retrieve them. I am always amazed at the number of people who think nothing of stealing carts from the stores." Most of the grocery stores here utilize a system that causes the wheels on the carts to lock immediately when they're taken beyond a yellow line that's painted around the perimeter of the parking lot. The first time I saw it in action, I thought the guy had a cart with a bad wheel! Try as he might, he could not get the thing to move forward past a certain point... Even if you pick the cart up and carry it over the line, it won't roll at all.

Mila - sounds like you have a plan, and I know what you mean about not wanting to wait to follow through on your plan. There's always room for more roses if you get creative! Glad the pictures helped you get tempted - they're all great climbers and you can't go wrong with any of the three you mentioned. Summers - for sure you'd have to finagle a way to attach the canes to the trees, and that's getting way too close to Quadra for my skin's sake. He's big and thorny, and between two trees he'd be just waiting to pounce. For sure you'd need another kind of support in addition to the trees, or he'd be flopping on your other roses as you mention. I used to grow my Quadra as a free-standing bush and he was at least 7' wide and aggressive with space. Can you stretch some sort of trellis or arch between the trees for extra support? He might not bloom as much in part shade beneath trees, but I'm all for giving it a try if that's where he is. I have Veilchenblau beneath a huge oak tree and it's pretty impressive (though it doesn't want to climb). Cynthia